Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1885 — Answers to Questions. [ARTICLE]

Answers to Questions.

From an answer given by a boy whose father was a strong teetotaler it would appear home influence had made a stronger impression than sohool leesons. “Do you know the meaning of syntax?” he was asked. “Yes,” he answered, “sin-tax is the dooty upon spirits.” An inspector, who had been explaining to a class that the land of the world was not continuous, said to the boy who happened to be standing nearest to him: “Now, could your father walk round the world?” “No, sir,” was promptly answered. “Why not?” “Because he’s dead,” was the altogether unlooked for response. As little anticipated, probably, was the answer made to another inspector, who asked “What is a hovel?” and was met with the reply, “What you live in.”— All the Year Round.